Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

A soldier fighting aliens gets to relive the same day over and over again, the day restarting every time he dies.

Director:

Doug Liman

Writers:

Christopher McQuarrie (screenplay by), Jez Butterworth (screenplay by)

Stars:

Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton

11 wins & 37 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Cruise	...	Cage
Emily Blunt	...	Rita
Brendan Gleeson	...	General Brigham
Bill Paxton	...	Master Sergeant Farell
Jonas Armstrong	...	Skinner
Tony Way	...	Kimmel
Kick Gurry	...	Griff
Franz Drameh	...	Ford
Dragomir Mrsic	...	Kuntz
Charlotte Riley	...	Nance
Masayoshi Haneda	...	Takeda
Terence Maynard	...	Cruel Sergeant
Noah Taylor	...	Dr. Carter
Lara Pulver	...	Karen Lord
Madeleine Mantock	...	Julie

Storyline

An alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world. Major William Cage (Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop-forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again...and again. But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Blunt). And, as Cage and Vrataski take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy!

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Plot Keywords:

time loop | alien | dying repeatedly | combat | end of the world | 

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Taglines:

Live, Die, Repeat

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, language and brief suggestive material

Did You Know?

Trivia

Both this film and Groundhog Day (1993) have a character called Rita and both are about time loops. Also, in that film, Bill Murray pinches Andie MacDowell to prove that tomorrow has finally arrived, in the novel, Cage pinches himself when time first resets. Also, in the book, anything new terrified Cage while Bill Murray had the opposite reaction.

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Goofs

In the reset where Cage decides to not approach Rita and undertake the mission on his own, Rita would ostensibly die on the beach in the manner portrayed in their first encounter. Thus Cage can't avoid involving Rita in defeating the Omega.

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Quotes

Rita Vrataski: Come find me when you wake up!

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Crazy Credits

There are no opening credits, the title doesn't appear until the closing credits.

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Connections

Spoofed in The Late Late Show with James Corden: Tom Cruise/Anna Faris/Weezer (2016)

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Soundtracks

Trip into the Light
Written by Jeremy Lublin, Stephan Lublin, Craig Bonich, Patrick Meyer and Nathan Post
Performed by Jeremy & The Harlequins
Courtesy of Harlequin Music
By arrangement with Secret Road Music Services, Inc.

User Reviews

Why bother on originality when the execution is so well-handed?

There are multiple plot strands from other films gathered into a union. I won't give you any hint but you'll get it when you see it. Nowadays, movies are short on originality. But, in this case, you won't give a thing about it.

Premise: An inexperience military officer was sent to war to fight an alien race invading the earth. In the middle of the battlefield, he got into an accident which causes him to go into time- loop that repeats each moment when he dies.

The basis of the plot looks familiar... That could be a big problem. On the contrary, it succeeded to provide a big summer blockbuster satisfaction. The pacing is perfect, the acting is perfect. Oh, and did i mention the effects? It was ragin'!

See this movie with low expectations (2D or 3D doesn't matter)...

Details

Official Sites:

-Director Doug Liman in Official Movie Interview Official Facebook

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 June 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

We Mortals Are

Filming Locations:

Leavesden Studios, Leavesden, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$178,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$28,760,246, 8 June 2014

Gross USA:

$100,206,256

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$370,541,256

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1